Irish Dresser / Dresel Wyddeleg
Pine with original paint and old varnish
The shelves have a wonderful bold design with Celtic interlacing to the sides and with shaped and pierced facia.
South West Ireland circa 1890
Illustrated in the new book “The Irish Cottage: History, Culture and Design” by Marion McGarry. Orpen Press 2017.
http://orpenpress.com/the-irish-cottage-history-culture-and-design.html
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irish-Cottage-Marion-McGarry/dp/1786050129
56¾” wide x 79½” high x 16″ deep/144cm wide x 201cm high x 40cm deep
See “Irish Country Furniture 1700-1950 by Claudia Kinmouth, Yale University press 1993 for similar examples.
£1850
